| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.174 | A counterpoise, if not to thy estate, | A counterpoize: If not to thy estate, |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.ii.85 | Be singly counterpoised. At sixteen years, | Be singly counter-poys'd. At sixteene yeeres, |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.vi.78 | Doth more than counterpoise a full third part | Doth more then counterpoize a full third part |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iii.14 | whole plot too light, for the counterpoise of so great an | whole Plot too light, for the counterpoize of so great an |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.i.199 | And poise the cause in Justice' equal scales, | And poyse the Cause in Iustice equall Scales, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.i.22 | Be counterpoised with such a petty sum! | Be counter-poys'd with such a pettie summe. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.v.13 | So is the equal poise of this fell war. | So is the equall poise of this fell Warre. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.137 | Which with her dowry shall be counterpoised. | Which with her Dowrie shall be counter-poys'd: |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.iv.68 | Were equal poise of sin and charity. | Were equall poize of sinne, and charitie. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.26 | May counterpoise this rich and precious gift? | May counterpoise this rich and precious gift? |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.324 | of reason to poise another of sensuality, the blood and | of Reason, to poize another of Sensualitie, the blood, and |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.82 | It shall be full of poise and difficult weight, | It shall be full of poize, and difficult waight, |
| Pericles | Per II.i.24 | when I saw the porpoise how he bounced and tumbled? | When I saw the Porpas how he bounst and tumbled? |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.ii.94 | Herself poised with herself in either eye. | Herselfe poys'd with herselfe in either eye: |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.149 | What you bestow, in him I'll counterpoise, | What you bestow, in him Ile counterpoize, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.207 | For the great swing and rudeness of his poise, | For the great swing and rudenesse of his poize, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.339 | Our imputation shall be oddly poised | Our imputation shall be oddely poiz'd |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.i.66 | Both merits poised, each weighs nor less nor more; | Both merits poyz'd, each weighs no lesse nor more, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.86 | That equally canst poise sternness with pity, | That equally canst poize sternenes with pitty, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iv.81 | Backward the jade comes o'er, and his full poise | Backeward the Iade comes ore, and his full poyze |